Buffalo Grove village president says he won't run again

November 29, 2010

Bufflao Grove's president who made headlines when he put on a wig and mocked another village official says he won't seek a fourth term in office.

Elliott Hartstein says his decision not to run again had nothing to do with what happened on election night when he put when he put on the wig -- a move that highlighted his public battle with recently recalled village trustee Lisa Stone.Hartstein was publicly reprimanded by the village board.

Hartstein also says the decision by a longtime trustee to run for village president did not influence his decision not to run again. He says that he just felt it was time to step down.